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@andy-schocket.bsky.social
I (Andy Schocket) am an historian, writer, and proud union member. I live in the banana republic known as “Ohio.”
I'm number eighteen!
Can I get a foam hand with
Eighteen fingers? Cool!
Can I get a foam hand with
Eighteen fingers? Cool!
This piece was our 18th most-read of the year.
As an American Jew, I Feel Completely Reassured for My Safety Now That Trump Has Targeted the Epicenter of American Antisemitism, Columbia University
Our 18th most-read article of 2025. - - -“The Trump administration said Friday that it’s pulling $400 million from Columbia University, canceling ...
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December 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I'm number eighteen!
Can I get a foam hand with
Eighteen fingers? Cool!
Can I get a foam hand with
Eighteen fingers? Cool!
Reposted by No Kings Haiku
This piece was our 18th most-read of the year.
As an American Jew, I Feel Completely Reassured for My Safety Now That Trump Has Targeted the Epicenter of American Antisemitism, Columbia University
Our 18th most-read article of 2025. - - -“The Trump administration said Friday that it’s pulling $400 million from Columbia University, canceling ...
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December 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This piece was our 18th most-read of the year.
Voters won't choose them,
So they're choosing voters. Been
Going on too long
So they're choosing voters. Been
Going on too long
Trump’s DOJ offers states confidential deal to remove voters flagged by feds • Ohio Capital Journal
The U.S. Department of Justice has sent confidential draft agreements on voter data sharing to more than a dozen states, part of the Trump administration’s effort to obtain unredacted voter rolls,…
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December 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Voters won't choose them,
So they're choosing voters. Been
Going on too long
So they're choosing voters. Been
Going on too long
Just wait 'til NC
Has GOP gov. Suddenly,
Will be empowered.
Has GOP gov. Suddenly,
Will be empowered.
Inside the North Carolina GOP’s Decade-Long Push to Seize Power From the State’s Democratic Governors
For almost a decade, North Carolina’s majority-Republican legislature tried six times to strip Democratic governors of control over the board overseeing the swing state’s elections. This year, it…
www.propublica.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Just wait 'til NC
Has GOP gov. Suddenly,
Will be empowered.
Has GOP gov. Suddenly,
Will be empowered.
Always a quack, he
Becomes ever more craven. How
Ignominious
Becomes ever more craven. How
Ignominious
Peter Navarro, Trump’s Ultimate Yes-Man
The tariff cheerleader established a template of performative sycophancy for Trump Administration officials. Now that this is everyone’s top priority, where does that leave him? Ian Parker on a…
www.newyorker.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Always a quack, he
Becomes ever more craven. How
Ignominious
Becomes ever more craven. How
Ignominious
People can resist
Miller's thugs. Let's protect our
Neighbors from such harm.
Miller's thugs. Let's protect our
Neighbors from such harm.
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
People can resist
Miller's thugs. Let's protect our
Neighbors from such harm.
Miller's thugs. Let's protect our
Neighbors from such harm.
ICE more criminal
Than people it is chasing.
Time to abolish.
Than people it is chasing.
Time to abolish.
Amid ICE agent abuse arrests in Ohio, advocate says it 'fails to police its own ranks' • Ohio Capital Journal
Two Ohio-based ICE agents have been charged with abusing women. An advocate for immigrants said ICE needs to explain its vetting process.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
ICE more criminal
Than people it is chasing.
Time to abolish.
Than people it is chasing.
Time to abolish.
Trump admin about
Culture war, grift. Even for
Science. A big loss.
#academicsky
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Culture war, grift. Even for
Science. A big loss.
#academicsky
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
NSF Lowers Grant Review Requirements, NIH Hunts for Phrases
Two major federal research funding agencies are altering their grant review processes. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is scaling back its reviews of grant proposals, according to a Dec.
www.insidehighered.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Trump admin about
Culture war, grift. Even for
Science. A big loss.
#academicsky
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Culture war, grift. Even for
Science. A big loss.
#academicsky
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
As should we all. And,
Stupid. This will extend the
Story. Foolishness.
Stupid. This will extend the
Story. Foolishness.
Lawmakers Criticize Justice Dept. For Not Releasing All Epstein Files
Republicans and Democrats who had been pressing for the disclosure accused officials of failing to comply with a law that requires all material to be released.
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December 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
As should we all. And,
Stupid. This will extend the
Story. Foolishness.
Stupid. This will extend the
Story. Foolishness.
Miller wants excuse,
Trump wants oil. Rubio wants
Cuba change. Bad news.
Trump wants oil. Rubio wants
Cuba change. Bad news.
Trump and top aides refuse to rule out war with Venezuela
President Nicolás Maduro orders Venezuelan navy to escort oil tankers after seizure by US forces
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December 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Miller wants excuse,
Trump wants oil. Rubio wants
Cuba change. Bad news.
Trump wants oil. Rubio wants
Cuba change. Bad news.
"manslaughter" is too
Polite. Intentional deaths:
More like "murder"
Polite. Intentional deaths:
More like "murder"
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"manslaughter" is too
Polite. Intentional deaths:
More like "murder"
Polite. Intentional deaths:
More like "murder"
Roberts court: Pres is
King, money is speech, protect
Whites. Reset sounds good.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
King, money is speech, protect
Whites. Reset sounds good.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
We need to remake the US high court so Americans don’t suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Roberts court: Pres is
King, money is speech, protect
Whites. Reset sounds good.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
King, money is speech, protect
Whites. Reset sounds good.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Big Tech and Trumpists
Stopped protecting onsumers.
In it for themselves.
Stopped protecting onsumers.
In it for themselves.
Google’s turning off its dark web monitoring service that scoured data breaches for your info
Dark web reports go dark
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December 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Big Tech and Trumpists
Stopped protecting onsumers.
In it for themselves.
Stopped protecting onsumers.
In it for themselves.
They love no one but
Themselves. Must be removed from
Public life, them all.
Themselves. Must be removed from
Public life, them all.
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a…
t.co
December 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
They love no one but
Themselves. Must be removed from
Public life, them all.
Themselves. Must be removed from
Public life, them all.
Bad policy once,
Bad policy again. When will
Farmers desert Trump?
Bad policy again. When will
Farmers desert Trump?
Trump has now twice devastated Ohio's farm economy, and twice used taxpayer money for a bailout • Ohio Capital Journal
Making the same screw up twice and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity. A fitting example? Two chaotic, trade-busting Trump administrations twice devastating Ohio’s farm…
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December 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Bad policy once,
Bad policy again. When will
Farmers desert Trump?
Bad policy again. When will
Farmers desert Trump?
Fear is what ICE wants.
Even in kids. What made them
So cruel? This must stop.
Even in kids. What made them
So cruel? This must stop.
I’m an elementary school principal. Students live in fear of ICE | Seth Lavin
I am in awe of the children and their parents as they live through raids. How can you call an operation targeted when it blankets a city in fear?
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December 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Fear is what ICE wants.
Even in kids. What made them
So cruel? This must stop.
Even in kids. What made them
So cruel? This must stop.
This reporter should get
Hazard pay for subjecting
Herself to this filth
Hazard pay for subjecting
Herself to this filth
I Watched 12 Hours of Nick Fuentes
The white-supremacist influencer is laying the groundwork to go even bigger.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This reporter should get
Hazard pay for subjecting
Herself to this filth
Hazard pay for subjecting
Herself to this filth
Reposted by No Kings Haiku
Publication day! My article on how to read an 18C newspapers, on digital remediation, and on the unfree press out in the world. Thanks @andy-schocket.bsky.social @historymatterssyd.bsky.social & M. Karrs for making it all possible. @universitypress.cambridge.org
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December 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Publication day! My article on how to read an 18C newspapers, on digital remediation, and on the unfree press out in the world. Thanks @andy-schocket.bsky.social @historymatterssyd.bsky.social & M. Karrs for making it all possible. @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Can him now, before
He inflicts more damage, and
Murders more people
He inflicts more damage, and
Murders more people
The Push to Impeach Pete Hegseth Is On
Democratic Representative Shri Thanedar has filed articles of impeachment against the secretary of defense over the murderous attacks on boats in the Caribbean.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Can him now, before
He inflicts more damage, and
Murders more people
He inflicts more damage, and
Murders more people
Makes perfect sense, 'cause
Utah gets so little sun.
Except during day.
Utah gets so little sun.
Except during day.
Utah Leaders Are Hindering Efforts to Develop Solar Despite a Goal to Double the State’s Energy Supply
Solar power accounts for two-thirds of the new projects waiting to connect to the state’s power grid. Utah Republicans’ hard turn against solar mirrors President Donald Trump’s hostile approach to…
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December 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Makes perfect sense, 'cause
Utah gets so little sun.
Except during day.
Utah gets so little sun.
Except during day.
RIP "Meathead"
Rob Reiner. A decent man,
In undecent times.
Rob Reiner. A decent man,
In undecent times.
In a cynical industry, Rob Reiner’s films taught us the power of sincerity
Rob Reiner, the celebrated Hollywood director whose diverse filmography was loved by a broad array of audiences, has died at 78.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
RIP "Meathead"
Rob Reiner. A decent man,
In undecent times.
Rob Reiner. A decent man,
In undecent times.